Lyrics to
Camellia

This version of Camellia was released by Hall & Oates in 1975.

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Opening night, nothing new Atlanta
Into the spotlight, one more time
Just in time to play
To one man and an empty table
He was drinking down the pain
All he could say was this lady’s name…

Oh Camellia won’t you take me away

After the show, when the room was empty
No, he wouldn’t go
So I asked him why he called her name
It seems she was some magic one night
With something for his pain
But all she left was a pretty name…

Oh Camellia won’t you take me away
To paradise tropical moon
Don’t you leave me sitting here in Atlanta

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About Lyrics and Camellia by Hall & Oates

The lyrics for Camellia are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Hall & Oates. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Camellia have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Camellia - Hall & Oates and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Camellia by Hall & Oates in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Camellia" means the words set to the music of Camellia, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Camellia and the lyrics to Camellia are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to Camellia, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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